Edited by Peter France

‘a superb act of homage at a critical moment in French literary fortunes’,Observer

This Companion is a new and completely reconceived work, rather than a revision of the 1959 Oxford Companion to French Literature. As the change in title implies, it presents an authoritative guide not only to ten centuries of literature produced in the territory now called France, but also to the rich literary output of other French‐speaking countries around the world. Written by an international team of specialists, entries cover individual authors and works from the troubadours to Césaire, and from La Princesse de Clèves to La Vie mode d'emploi. Substantial essay‐entries reflect the latest scholarship on topics such as chivalry, Occupation and Resistance in wartime France, scholasticism, the sciences, literary movements and genres, as well as opera, cinema, and press.

Adventurous and wide‐ranging, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French is an indispensable and hugely enjoyable reference work for all scholars, students and general readers.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:

1995

Print ISBN-13:

9780198661252

Published online:

2005

Current Online Version:

2005

DOI:

10.1093/acref/9780198661252.001.0001

eISBN:

9780191735004

Author

Peter France,editor

Peter France is Professor Emeritus and Endowment Fellow of the University of Edinburgh.

Contents

Front Matter

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